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Newborn twin sisters were mauled to death by a family dog when their mother  briefly left the room to talk to a neighbour. 

The 'jealous' Labrador and American foxhound cross attacked the 26-day-old premature babies at their home in Piripá, in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil, last Tuesday.

Mother Elaine Novais, 29, rushed to the aid of her girls Anne and Analú after hearing their cries from her bedroom, but was too late to save them.
 
Mrs Novais, a council worker who had struggled to conceive for nine years, pulled the violent dog away from the twins, but it had already inflicted fatal damage on their abdomens.